UID:
almafu_9959328369102883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 389 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9780470724170
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047072417X
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1281319104
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9781281319104
Content:
"Advances in Human Palaeopathology" provides researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive guide to the main methods and techniques that are currently available for studying diseases and related conditions from human skeletal remains. It describes the ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health, disease and activity patterns in the past. The book is divided into two parts: Part I provides an up-to-date account of some of the latest techniques for studying disease in ancient remains. These include imaging techniques, such as radiography and CT scanning, and biochemical and histological analyses. Recently these have assumed a greater importance in the identification and interpretation of remains, enhancing the more traditional methods based on careful visual inspection of lesions. Part II discusses the diagnosis and interpretation of particular classes of disease. The emphasis here is on what can be learnt by taking a biocultural or holistic approach to the study of disease frequencies at a population level. Written by an international team of experts, this book provides the first truly integrated methodological and biocultural approach to human palaeopathology. This will be essential reading for all researchers and practitioners concerned with health and disease in past populations.
Note:
The chemical and microbial degradation of bones and teeth / Gordon Turner-Walker -- How representative are human skeletal assemblages for population analysis? / Ron Pinhasi and Chryssi Bourbou -- Epidemiological approaches in palaeopathology / Ron Pinhasi and Katy Turner -- Macroscopic analysis and data collection in palaeopathology / Anne L. Grauer -- Radiography and allied techniques in the palaeopathology of skeletal remains / Simon Mays -- Computed tomography scanning and three-dimensional visualization of mummies and bog bodies / Niels Lynnerup -- Histological studies on ancient bone / Gordon Turner-Walker and Simon Mays -- Molecular palaeopathology of human infectious disease / Helen D. Donoghue -- Databases / William White -- Differential diagnosis of skeletal lesions in infectious disease / Donald J. Ortner -- Metabolic bone disease / Simon Mays -- Tumours and tumour-like processes / Don Brothwell -- Advances in the palaeopathology of teeth and jaws / Alan Ogden -- Trauma / Pia Bennike -- Congenital anomalies / Ethne Barnes -- Growth in archaeological populations / Ron Pinhasi.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Advances in human palaeopathology. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008 ISBN 9780470036020
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0470036028
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470724187
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470724187
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470724187
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470724187
